Chapter Twelve: You owe me a stick of incense
I pulled out the incense from the yellow cloth bag, and I lit it on the fire, and it passed along the corner of the wall. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the yard was already wet, and the accumulated water flowed along the low-lying place. The temple looked shaky, and it seemed that the wind was about to fall.
I inserted a stick of incense in all corners, and then ran into the hall with the Buddha statues in the heavy rain. The Buddha statues inside could no longer see who was who they were. The light from my fire broke out was a little swaying in the dilapidated temple.
I inserted one by one incense stick one by one, and closed my hands and prayed every time I passed a Buddha statue. After all, it was not a big deal for many people. After I finished inserting it from the main hall, I ran to the side hall next to me to insert it. It was very dark inside and a strong smell of mold came from it.
When the door was pushed open, it made a creaking sound. I took the fire stick in. The incense head was a little dim. I don’t know if the air was wet or something, but I always felt that the incense burned a little strangely.
I was halfway through my way, and the sound of the door closing came from behind. I felt cold in my heart. I immediately ran to the door with a fire note and pushed it open. There was nothing outside, but the wind was much stronger and the rain outside was still very heavy. After breathing a sigh of relief, I walked inside again.
There were eighteen Arhats in the side hall, but the light was too dark, so I couldn't see their faces clearly. I lowered my head and inserted them one by one incense stick. Halfway through, there was a sizzling sound from behind me. I immediately turned around and took a look. The incense I had just inserted all the way was gone, and it disappeared without a trace in just a few seconds.
I swallowed a saliva, inserted a stick of incense in front of a Arhat, turned around and turned back immediately. The incense I inserted just now was still there, and the fire head emitted a red light.
I thought to myself, was it because the wind was too strong and it would burn it in a short while? Thinking of this, although I couldn't even convince myself, I still inserted one stick of incense stick of incense and one stick of incense stick of incense. I thought I would go out quickly after it was finished, and I would start to move faster.
After a while, I had finished the incense, but there was still an arhat in front of me. It was so dark that I really didn't want to leave the fire again. I thought it would be okay to lose one. I comforted myself like this, and opened the door with the fire note and went out.
"snort……"
Suddenly, a cold snorted from behind me, which scared me to the point of my back, my heart tightened, and I couldn't help but run out of the hall faster.
Through the rain, the old man leaned against the wall and drank a chicken on the fire. For me, who had eaten dry food for almost ten days, it was delicious.
"Old man, where did you find it?" I asked.
"I just went out to look around for a while, and it was shocked and thought I would roast it and eat it."
“…………”
I don’t care whether it scares the old man or not. I feel that the old man is not afraid of a ghost, afraid of a chicken? At that moment, I was seriously grinding the pheasant, and the old man was silent for a while and said again.
"Have you finished the incense?"
"Yeah, I'm done with it." I picked up the roast chicken and put it on my nose and took a deep breath. A meaty aroma came from the shop. This kind of delicacy is not something you can eat at home often.
The chicken was still roasting on the fire, and the old man kept looking at the grass outside. It was already terrible dark at this time. As the rain fell, a flash of lightning suddenly struck the sky, hitting a big tree directly. For a moment, the tree was split into two half.
"Why do you think this old man loves to split trees?" I asked halfway through the chicken and handed it to the old man. He took the chicken and took a bite.
"The magnetic field affecting the compass can form a similar electric field, and once there is bright electricity, it is easily attracted to it."
"There is a legend that there is lightning strike wood. Is that thing very powerful?"
"It's okay! It's much more advanced than ordinary peach wood swords."
"Then do you think there will be lightning-striking wood on this land?" I said in surprise. If there is half a piece of lightning-striking wood, can I be like a master?
"I'm thinking about something unrealistic again." The old man glared at me, and another lightning flashed in the sky. With the help of the strong lightning, the old man and I saw a figure standing in the grass, flashing by, looking very blurry, but I'm sure I could see it clearly.
"Did you see it just now?" I asked.
"I'm not blind! Don't worry about it. If it doesn't cause trouble, we will sleep for one night and leave. If it comes to seek death, I will send it on the way."
After hearing the old man's words, I felt relieved and the chill in my heart calmed down a lot. I ate the roast chicken in my hand in big mouthfuls. Under the firelight, I looked at the old man's slightly old face, with dense symbols engraved in the wrinkles on it.
"Don't move!" He suddenly pressed my shoulder. I felt a little shocked. I thought something big had happened, so it was hard to look back. I saw him looking at me nervously, pulling a thread on my shoulder, and he suddenly said.
"Your clothes are almost broken!"
“…………………”
I found that I was speechless, so I had to bury my head and eat the roast chicken, choosing to ignore his behavior. After about a few dozen seconds, he pressed my shoulder again and looked at my back with a pair of slight touch. "Don't move!"
"Is my shoulder broken again?"
"No, you didn't put the incense in place just now, right?"
My heart moved, and my mouth stopped immediately while eating roasted chicken, looking at him with an incredible look. At the same time, I felt a cold wind blowing on my neck, and a female voice with a little cold and strong dissatisfaction rang out behind me.
Chapter completed!